Word: pyramidic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...half miles off the beaches of Santa Barbara County, Calif., near a promontory called Coal Oil Point, two barges and a tug maneuvered a pyramid-shaped contraption into position. Measuring 100 ft. by 100 ft. across its base and weighing 350 tons, the iron monster dangled from two large derricks, one of which had been towed from its home base in Malta. Once the engineers were satisfied that the pyramid was near the right spot, they lowered it by cable, adjusted its position and let it settle onto the bottom, 220 ft. down...
...city at the time. It was divided into quadrants, each symbolizing a corner of the world. In the center of this cosmos was a complex of temples, the heart and soul of Aztec life. The largest, some 15 stories high, as tall as many European cathedrals, was a stepped pyramid topped by two shrines-one dedicated to the rain god Tlaloc, the other to Huitzilopochtli. This Great Temple, or El Templo Mayor, as the Spaniards called it, was the site of human sacrifice. Victims ascended the stairs, priests tore out then" hearts and the eviscerated bodies were tossed back down...
...search for historical comparisons with Jubail is daunting. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, 100,000 laborers struggled for 20 years to construct the Pyramid of Khufu, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Yet merely to level and grade Jubail's 66-sq.-mi. industrial park, a sector that comprises less than 15% of the entire city, engineers have had to shovel up and haul off 370 million cubic meters of sand-enough to fill the Khufu Pyramid 160 times over. If the landfill were used to construct a two-lane road, it would more than...
Votaries of the cat take a different view. From Cleopatra to Colette they have praised Felis domestica in stories, songs and poems for grace, independence, intelligence, perseverance and fastidious ways. Unlike the dog or man, cats do not form Soviets or pyramid clubs to achieve dubious pack goals. While they may pick a top cat, felines do not seem to require rigid hierarchies when a number of them live together. If human, cats might play solitaire, but they would never sit around with the gang and a few six-packs watching Monday Night Football. Their aloof singularity lies...
...world poverty and hunger, the setting for the conference was a trifle incongruous. Cancún is a lush, 14-mile-long island resort near the Yucatan Peninsula, studded with gleaming hotels and condominiums. Delegation leaders were assigned identical two-room suites, complete with terrace and Jacuzzi, in the pyramid-shaped Sheraton Hotel, hard by the Caribbean. On the day before the conference began, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos went waterskiing, while Reagan and his aides lolled away half an hour on the beach...